[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call: SCI Proposals on Waiver & Voting Outside a Council Meeting

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Every now and then, the GNSO’s Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI), in response to requests from the GNSO Council, makes revisions to the language in the GNSO Operating Procedures (http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-26mar14-en.pdf).

Below, you will find an email and attached revisions addressing two topics:

1. A rule to apply a waiver to the 10-day deadline to submitting motions ahead of a GNSO Council meeting.

2. A process for allowing voting on GNSO Council motions outside of a GNSO meeting.

The SCI makes recommendations to the GNSO Council based on full-consensus, and we are being asked to vote on these suggested revisions now, so as the NCUC rep to the SCI, I’m asking if there are anyone has any objections to the language in the attached documents.

I personally don’t. Implementing these changes may make it problematic to be able to discuss any motions being voted on during the scheduled monthly NCSG policy calls, but both suggestions allow for a veto by a single Councillor, so I believe this mitigates that risk in the event that it comes up and is necessary to hold a discussion on a call before a vote takes place.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Amr

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org>
> Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Consensus Call: SCI Proposals on Waiver & Voting Outside a Council Meeting
> Date: August 18, 2014 at 11:12:45 PM GMT+2
> To: "gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>
> 
> Dear SCI members,
> 
> As agreed on the last SCI call, the following documents are being circulated for a formal Consensus Call: (1) the SCI’s proposal to add language to the existing Section 3.3 of the GNSO Operating Procedures regarding waiver of the 10-day motion deadline rule; and (2) the SCI’s proposal for a new Section 4.10 to be added to the GNSO Operating Procedures, to deal with voting outside a GNSO Council meeting. 
> 
> Please note that per the SCI Charter, "Unless otherwise determined by the SCI members, committee decisions will be made by “full consensus” process as described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (see section 3.6).”  As such, please review the attached documents with your Stakeholder Group or Constituency (as applicable) if you have not already done so.  If the language is approved the next step will be for staff to prepare a redlined version of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures that will be put out for public comment; following which the SCI will review any relevant public comments received. The final step will be submission of the finalized language and proposals to the GNSO Council for its review and adoption.
> 
> If there are no objections or changes received by Friday 5 September 2014, the language will be presumed to be accepted by full consensus.
> 
> For the attached documents, please note the following minor changes that were made after the last SCI call on 5 August:
> The format and introductory paragraph to the proposal for the Waiver of the 10-day Motion Rule was amended to conform with the format approved by the SCI for Voting Outside a Council Meeting.
> The proposed Section number for Voting Outside a Council Meeting was changed to Section 4.10 as there already is a Section 4.5 in the current GNSO Operating Procedures. By numbering this proposal Section 4.10, it will (if adopted) be added to the GNSO Operating Procedures to follow the last current section in the Voting chapter (Section 4.9, regarding a Consent Agenda), without the need to renumber any of the existing Sections in this chapter.
> Best regards,
> 
> Mary
> 
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
> 
> 
> 
> 

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